Karam

Karam is a small town in Afghanistan that was the site of a US Marine Corps base during the Afghanistan War.

History
Karam is a small town in Afghanistan, with its population being entirely Sunni Muslim. After the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the town became the location of an ISAF forward-operating base (FOB) manned by the US Marine Corps, and the townspeople were hostile to the Americans. They burnt American flags and displayed posters of Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda heroes like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in their homes; in 2007, a bloody battle for the town left the base in Taliban hands. This resulted in a propaganda coup, but the Americans later retook their base.